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The Quality of 100 y/o Briar
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<blockquote data-quote="the macdonald" data-source="post: 179573" data-attributes="member: 419"><p>Based on pollution factors the 100 y.o. briar should taste like coal smoke. Any household that could afford it, burnt coal, because clean burning whale oil was at an all time high, and basically all industry ran on it...and then we could consider sewage treatment, oh wait, there was none. The Earth 100 years ago, especially around Europe was not a sanitary place. </p><p></p><p>Regardless of the quality of the wood, after 100 years of smoking I think the best you could hope for is neutral taste. </p><p></p><p>I really want a “bog oak” or Morta pipe but I am nervous I’ll get the chunk of wood carrying the black plague. </p><p></p><p>I think the few carvers left working (ignoring factory pipes) these days are way more selective in what wood they use and work harder to deliver a quality product.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the macdonald, post: 179573, member: 419"] Based on pollution factors the 100 y.o. briar should taste like coal smoke. Any household that could afford it, burnt coal, because clean burning whale oil was at an all time high, and basically all industry ran on it...and then we could consider sewage treatment, oh wait, there was none. The Earth 100 years ago, especially around Europe was not a sanitary place. Regardless of the quality of the wood, after 100 years of smoking I think the best you could hope for is neutral taste. I really want a “bog oak” or Morta pipe but I am nervous I’ll get the chunk of wood carrying the black plague. I think the few carvers left working (ignoring factory pipes) these days are way more selective in what wood they use and work harder to deliver a quality product. [/QUOTE]
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